[nielsbot]

A commenter below mentions unions.

This could be the answer.

I think tech workers so far have been paid and treated well (at least where I work) and so haven't felt the need to unionize. But having a union would certainly protect against these kinds of problems. (Being relocated and then immediately laid off)

[busterarm]

I was a member of three different unions before I ever switched careers to tech and being able to (and expected to) negotiate my own contracts was one of the biggest factors in me ending up in this industry. I have certainly made orders of magnitude more money and under substantially better conditions.

My experiences in unions were awful and I would never go back to that.

[nielsbot]

What industry did you work in before?